Director of Photography

Adolpho Veloso

Tom Misch and Yussef Dayes return with Lift Off,&nbsp;a song that infuses jazz and funk through modern sensibilities, complete with a lovely video from&nbsp;Douglas Bernardt documenting their live performance of the track&nbsp;with Rocco Palladino, shot on 16mm film in Kiev.&nbsp;DoP&nbsp;Adolpho Veloso utilises drawn-out Steadicam&nbsp;shots, which float through the warmly-lit studio as an&nbsp;orange&nbsp;sun orbits the artists&nbsp;on a track. In the background, a couple are performing choreography as the guitar and bass lines crescendo to an addicting groove.It's a simple and clear concept, and Bernardt finds the magic within the hypnotic performances.&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Douglas Bernardt

Martha McGuirk

Stink Films

Katie Lambert

Vadim Yuzba

Vlad Dobrik

Leonid Sidorenko

Max Halushka

Lucas Moesch

Final Cut

Timothy Stipan

Company 3

Flavia Gannam

Nash Tv

Hands London

Connie Meade

Duncan Murray

Radioaktive Film

Valentyn Petyshkin

Kate Galytska

Jazz

Funk

Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes (ft Rocco Palladino) 'Lift Off' by Douglas Bernardt

Tom-Misch-&amp;-Yussef-Dayes-'Lift-Off-(feat.-Rocco-Palladino)'-by-Douglas-Bernardt

Paranoia takes hold in&nbsp;Douglas Bernardt's thrilling vision for Tom Misch &amp; Yussef Dayes.&nbsp;Traversing an&nbsp;subway station in Kiev, the lead character - played by&nbsp;Demian Piatakov -&nbsp;snaps his neck back and forth, trying to catch a glimpse of the eyes trained on him. Everyday people morph into threatening figures as they glare and gossip, and all Piatakov can do is keep walking.Moments later, Piatakov is running through&nbsp;a vast forest, representing his confused emotions and the labyrinth that is his mind. Inside this world, he has a chance to pause and consider his surroundings, a juxtaposition to the dark&nbsp;city and its cacophony of noise and violence.&nbsp;DoP&nbsp;Adolpho Veloso contrasts the two locations through considered lighting and composition:&nbsp;the forest shots utilise slow zooms and breathtaking natural lighting, whilst the train has pulsing artificial light and lots of close-ups. A judicious use of VFX add a huge amount of production value to the project, and help create the haunting and ethereal world inside the character's mind.&nbsp;

Tim Stipan

Cinelab Film and Digital

Alternative

Indie

Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes 'What Kinda Music' by Douglas Bernardt

Tom-Misch-&amp;-Yussef-Dayes-'What-Kinda-Music-'-by-Douglas-Bernardt

Akim Laouar Aronsen directs this stylish,&nbsp;tragic neo-noir for Parisian rappers Lefa and Vald - set in a parallel world where the rush of celebrity is pursued at any cost.Aronsen’s video revolves around a fascinating concept. In his brave new world, celebrity is not merely social recognition, but a sensation. And this sensation can be provided by a hallucinogenic drug, extracted from peacock feathers.Lefa and his partner manufacture this drug, and are holed up in a rural home playing happy families - unaware that someone is coming for them. This is Vald, who plays a volatile junkie with all the verve of an upcoming actor. The inevitable violent climax rests on a superb twist - so keep watching until the bitter end.Between photography by UKMVA nominee Adolpho Veloso and dashing wardrobe by Jana Zaharijevic, this video is a real cinematic treat. With bold lighting and compositions that border on the baroque, the video has shades of&nbsp;Ryan Gosling’s&nbsp;film&nbsp;Lost River, shot by the inimitable Benoît Debie.

France

Akim Laouar Aronsen

Arthur Parratte

SOLAB

Minja Jovanovic

Sacha Bitton

Jana Zaharijevic

Tianès Montasser

Serginho Pasqualino Jr

Bleach Sao Paulo

Firm Studio

Raimbaut Gaffier

Lock It In

Alternative, Alternative, Hip Hop

Hip-Hop

Lefa ft. Vald 'Bitch' by Akim Laouar Aronsen 

Lefa-Ft.-Vald-'Bitch-'-by-Akim-Laouar-Aronsen-

Sacha Barbin follows up the recent video for Tshegue with a powerful allegorical tale for Miracle, the first release from Labrinth's new album.A lonely young boy imagines himself becoming a human bird - as expressed in his notebook named Imagination. Then he makes a Faustian deal with a mysterious man, that turns his dream into reality.The boy becomes a worshipped figure in his community - but pays a heavy price for his transformation.

Sacha Barbin

Jules de Chateleux

Division

Maxime Pozzi Garcia X Basile Belkhiri

Mathieu Caplanne

Mathematic

Théo Gall

Théo Jourdain

Family Productions

OB Management

Labrinth 'Miracle' by Sacha Barbin

Labrinth - Miracle (Official Video)

A European man sinks into a personal heart of darkness in this mesmerising video, shot in the Amazon jungle by Argentinian directing duo Wacho - that&#39;s Eduardo Braun and Justo Dell&rsquo;Acqua.&nbsp;&nbsp;Their video for Ateph Elidja&#39;s Burn October begins at the funeral ceremony of the man&#39;s teenage son, and from there&nbsp;we witness his rapid descent via&nbsp;alcohol into violence and madness, as he&#39;s haunted by memories and visions of the boy.This is a hugely powerful portrait of grief, within an&nbsp;extraordinary setting - it was shot in part of the Amazon jungle that falls within Argentina -&nbsp;and&nbsp;certainly the jungle itself becomes an overwhelming, psychological presence.As Braun and Dell-Acqua, aka Wacho, explain below, the challenge in shooting the video in one of the more remote corners on the planet was huge. They describe the place as &quot;a parallel universe&quot;, and some of that feeling is definitely present in their remarkable video - beautifully shot by&nbsp;Adolpho Veloso,&nbsp;whose work was recognised with a nomination for the Best Cinematography in a Video award at this year&#39;s UKMVAs.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]

Argentina

Wacho

Morgan Prêleur

Noside

Pantera

Anabel Leandro

Undefined

Pierre Durand

Peer Music France

Ateph Elidja 'Burn October' by Wacho

Ateph-Elidja-'Burn-October'-by-Wacho

Brazilian director Douglas Bernardt travelled to Cruz das Almas, Bahia to make this compelling, beautifully shot video for&nbsp;Tagua Tagua - the solo project by Felipe Puperi from Wannabe Jalva - chronicling the remarkable Fire Sword War, that takes place in the region every June.As this tradition, to celebrate the St John feast days, involves groups of young men firing off powerful fireworks directly&nbsp; towards each other, it&#39;s incredibly dangerous and expressly forbidden by law. But it&#39;s been&nbsp;happening regardless for decades, involves many local people - and leads to numerous serious injuries every year.[imgtoken data:1]Reflecting the lyrics of the song&nbsp;Rastro de Pó,&nbsp;which talks about memory, light, shadow and legacy, Bernhardt&#39;s film&nbsp;tells the story of how mothers and children can get caught up in this dangerous tradition. Bernhardt&#39;s video presents a slighty dramatised version of events, but there is no question about the veracity of this &#39;Fire Sword War&nbsp;as its shown in the video.&nbsp;Those are definitely real fireworks fired at real people.[imgtoken data:2]&nbsp;&ldquo;We were amazed by the strength of the tradition, the legacy, what is passed from generation to another &ndash; it&rsquo;s very powerful in this town,&quot; says Bernhardt.&nbsp;&ldquo;I was always fascinated by cultural manifestations that are typically Brazilian and the challenge of how to portray them through a cinematic perspective. When we came across the Fire Sword War in Cruz das Almas, we felt that the song had such a strong connection to the essence of the tradition. It was a perfect match.&quot;[imgtoken data:3]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

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